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"Especially, don't work your ass off expecting to be rewarded. It never happens." As I sit here and hold 5,000 carats of Mount Baldy Sapphire, all spoken for (
by lightedman 10y ago
"Especially, don't work your ass off expecting to be rewarded. It never happens."
As I sit here and hold 5,000 carats of Mount Baldy Sapphire, all spoken for (at $30/carat) I'm going to have to call shenanigans on that one.
I work my ass off mining and I'm rewarded every day with a killer view, fresh air, and a distinct lack of idiot customers and bosses, and then I get to hold some of the rarest and most precious materials on this planet.
"Never sacrifice your personal life for work. It aint worth it."
You do almost exactly that mining. It's well worth it if you have even 1/10th of a clue of what you're doing.
- Ensorceled 10y agoI think there is an implied "for somebody else".
- user5994461 10y agoThere is a difference between working for yourself keeping all the fruits of your labor to you, and working for a company where your reward is fixed by a contract irrelevant of what you actually do.
- ColanR 10y agoWhere in the world do you do that for a living??
- lightedman 10y agoSouthern California.
- rhizome 10y agoI'm not sure what the parallel here is, is it that a big-ass sapphire has something to do with your personal life? Does "project got pushed another two months." happen in mining? Unused PTO? Do you ever take your hard-won rocks to the guy and he tells you no, they're actually only worth 1/10th what you thought?
- lightedman 10y ago"Does "project got pushed another two months." happen in mining" Yup, when you find a larger vein or pocket or deposit than normal. "Unused PTO?" Doesn't exist. "Do you ever take your hard-won rocks to the guy and he tells you no, they're actually only worth 1/10th what you thought?" Nope. I know my grades and qualities, so I know what I can charge, be it in rough form, slabbed, cabbed/faceted, etc.